Senior EDI Integration Specialist

The Senior EDI Integration Specialist will play a key role in supporting and leading EDI initiatives as part of the EDI team. This individual will be responsible for executing development, implementation, and continuous improvement programs and processes to ensure EDI solutions meet business needs.

• Partner with business, integrator, and IT teams to design, support, and implement EDI projects within budgetary guidelines.
• Work with EDI translator (IBM Sterling) integrated with SAP S/4 Fashion solution.
• Execute development, testing, and cutover execution for ERP Program Long Term Support and upcoming projects.
• Coordinate activities with 3rd Parties for EDI, B2B, Legacy changes.
• Help define and build solid EDI business processes that ensure applications meet all project requirements and stay within budget.
• Meet objectives of projects including technical scope, stretch goals, deliverables, strategy, milestones, required tasks, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, and contingency plans.
• Quality assurance plans/testing and implementation of best practices.
• Standards and procedures for project life cycle, project reporting, and documentation.
• On-call Support of EDI solutions.
• Support issue and weekly progress reporting.
• Identify and control areas of risk to drive resolution of issues.
• Partner with OCM in the formulation of plans and activities to support project implementation and maintain high levels of communication (up, down, and across) and across brands.
• Support EDI Manager to identify and plan IT driven growth opportunities, and develop plans for executing supporting initiatives, which may include sustaining, stretch, and breakthrough innovation.
• Support of non-SAP Applications including Method fuel B2B, non-Sterling related EDI, etc. Ensure consistent definition and compliance of security.
• Partner with IT and SI Manager and Business Leads to ensure design meets requirements and gaps and/or issues are identified / resolved.
• Manage own work and support other team members to achieve budget and schedule.

The ideal candidate will have experience in SAP/EDI Projects and familiarity with EDI mappings such as 850, 855, 856, 810, etc especially in the Apparel and Footwear industry. They will also have experience in Bulk Contracts, Sales Order Processing, Pricing, Logistics Execution, Billing, Remittance, Acknowledgement and ASN Integration Testing and cutover execution.

Min 7+ years of experience in EDI integration with SAP and/or SAP Apparel and Footwear or Consumer Products industry experience with hands-on functional and configuration experience including functional specification of WRICEF including integration points.

At Kontoor, we offer a comprehensive benefit package to fit your lifestyle and our benefits are crafted with the same care as our products. When our employees are healthy, secure, and well, they bring their best selves to work. Kontoor Brands supports you with a competitive benefits program that provides choice and flexibility to meet your and your family's needs – now and in the future. We offer resources to support your physical, emotional, social, and financial wellbeing, plus benefits like discounts on our apparel. Kontoor Brands also provides four weeks of Paid Parental Leave to eligible employees who are new parents, Flexible Fridays, and tuition reimbursement.

At Kontoor, we believe that D&I is a key enabler to a culture that empowers us to work with passion and confidence, shaping our brand and future. We create a global workforce of high-performing teams that both unlocks our individual uniqueness and harnesses our collaborative talents. We ensure an equitable environment that attracts and promotes a diverse workforce. We foster inclusivity, ensuring employees feel they can bring their whole selves to work.